The Two Blues boss gave a number of youngsters their first taste of the NWFL with injuries ensuring five of his senior types were not able to be selected.

Those that were given the opportunity at Devonport Oval, including Dylan Chell, Fletcher Looney, Fraser Eaton and Jayden Van Essen, all did their bit as the visitors walked away with a 16.18 (114) to 9.6 (60) win to move to a 2-1 record.

“We made six forced changes and that stretched our depth, so we put our faith and trust in some of those kids, and they came through today and I thought they were fantastic,’’ Templeton said.

“The kids were good right from the word go, and once we got our structures in place, I think we just gelled pretty well together.

“They all contributed and they are at a stage in their career in game one, where they will have moments, and they all had maybe more than one or two moments in the game of footy.

“For our footy club, and our community, which is reasonable small, to start having in our senior team six or eight kids who are 16-19, is fantastic.”

The contest was a tight one early, with the Two Blues doing most of their attacking early on via Magpies mistakes to lead by nine points at the first change.

An early Magpies major had the difference less than a kick, before the visitors got on their bike with three quick goals, two to Jacob Brown and one to Chris McDonald, to a gap between the two sides.

Again, Devonport showed some resistance, to keep it to a manageable 22-points at the long break, but it wasn’t long after this that Penguin really put their stamp on the contest.

Andrew Lee was the dominant figure in the air and in front of the sticks in the quarter, kicking three majors for the quarter.

Lee should have finished with double that for the game if it wasn’t for wayward shots at goal, but that blemish didn’t take anything away from his impact on the game.

The first five goals of the quarter saw the margin increase to 54, which would drop to 51 at the last change. The final term was a non-affair, with Penguin winning it 2.5 to 2.2.

Finbar Wray-McCann, Randall Hardy and Toby Skene were Penguin’s best, while Brown joined Lee with three majors. Clint Matthews and Braden van Buuren were Devonport’s best with Brett McCall kicking three.

Penguin now play Ulverstone on Anzac Day clash, while Devonport have the week off with the bye.